Aug 15, 2021
DO YOU WISH TO BE HEALTHY? LEAVE THE USA PART 2
I have spent a considerable amount of time in the USA attending to the various Tribes of Indians over the course of the years. I am excited to arrive in…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jul 15, 2021
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE FRENCH PARADOX ? THEY DEFINITELY EAT BETTER. VARIETY. SMALL PORTION. FRESHLY COOKED.
I have been in this small Breton city/large village of Quiberon which is very tourist oriented, but I had come to visit people who live here. Our meals are usually…
Jul 15, 2021
BASTILLE DAY IN FRANCE. LE GRANDEUR DE FRANCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT MACRON
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE ON THIS BASTILLE DAY 2021 It was nice to watch the pomp and elegance of the Bastille Day parade along the Champs des Elysees…
Jul 15, 2021
HOW IT FEELS SO GOOD TO TRAVEL AGAIN.. A SENSE OF FREEDOM WITH SLIGHT ANXIETY ABOUT BORDER CROSSINGS
My sister from Cuba wrote, dont forget to wear manga larga/large sleeve shirts and make sure that once you get to your destination, immediately wash them. That was to be…
Jun 15, 2021
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR THINKING POWER? HAVE AN ABSOLUTE DAY OF TRANQUILITY AND BLISS WITH NO ANXIETY
I have had two days of absolute tranquility, calm and mental balance. No one else is in this house, I have my coffee at the patio looking at the green…
Mar 15, 2021
LACK OF FREEDOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A REFUGEE ?
The Nation of USA, has become much gentler under their new President, Mr Joe Biden. He has welcomed the children arriving at the border by themselves rather than throwing them…
Feb 15, 2021
BESAME MUCHO. THE ETERNAL BLISSFUL SONG… THE MOST POPULAR MEXICAN SONG EVER RECORDED.. EVEN THOUGH CUBANS CLAIM IT .. FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
BESAME MUCHO CONSUELO VELASQUEZ. MEXICO 1940 This has to be one of the most popular Latin American Song ever written, recorded by numerous people over the course of decades. Bésame,…
Jan 15, 2021
A BIT OF HISTORY OF CUBA-USA RELATIONSHIP
The United States like other colonized countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and all of Latin America from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, do not have a good record…
Dec 15, 2020
USA WHILE LOOSING RESPECT ABROAD FOR ITS POLITICS IS STILL THE CENTRE OF INNOVATION WITH ISRAEL BEING A CLOSE SECOND
AMERICA OR USA is a land of immigrants and more so as each year goes by. When you are in a city like Miami you realize that your chance of…
Nov 15, 2020
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. TOUSSAINT EN FRANCE. REMEMBERING DEAR DEPARTED ONES IN CUBA BRASIL
From the BBC: Three ideas for how to live a fuller life By Roman Krznaric 28th October 2020 By reimagining our relationship with time – and coming to terms with…
Oct 15, 2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF IMAGINATION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF REALITY… HARSH, VIOLENT, RACIST, BORDERING ON FASCISM BUT ALSO INNOVATIVE AND HOSPITABLE AND OPTIMISTIC
I had the chance to visit Delta Orinoco in Venezuela on two different occasions. It takes a very long boat ride to get there, gliding past the palafitos of Warao…
Oct 15, 2020
PSYCHOLOGICAL PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Sep 15, 2020
WHO REALLY ARE YOU ? FORGET WHAT YOU ARE, NOT IMPRESSED WITH THIS..
This prolonged social isolation has given time to ponder about social aspects of many of the cultures and also relativeness of our nationalities and religion and our identities. Some of…
Aug 15, 2020
YET ONE OTHER REASON TO AVOID DRINKING COCA-COLA AND ITS FIZZY DRINKS COUSINS ..
If you are politically correct, you must avoid drinking Coca-Cola.. Confederate Colonel John Pemberton , wounded in the American Civil War and addicted to morphine , also had a medical…
Aug 15, 2020
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE DEATHS OF US HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
Aug 15, 2020
SONG AND DANCE FOR A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
La retirada La distancia entre los dos es cada día más grande. De tu amor y de mi amor no está quedando nada. Sin embargo, el corazón no quiere resignarse…
Jul 15, 2020
IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING HIDDEN INSIDE THEM
I have a friend in Dali City, Yunnan. The scenery is nothing like what we associate with China with its industries, crowded cities and glittering lights. Tranquil mountains, streams and…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…